Jul 20, 2010

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"Why Shamanism Now?" with Christina Pratt

Working with Plant Medicine

Author, professor, and peacemaker, Stephan Beyer, joins host, Christina Pratt, this week to discuss the use of plant medicines (plant hallucinogens or entheogens) in shamanism. Drawing on his vast experience as an academic and deep experience as a shamanic practitioner, Steve will talk with us about the personalities of several of the sacred plants used in traditional shamanic healing and ritual. We will explore their relevance in shamanic practices outside of these traditions, the contemporary search for healing and transformation, the "selling of spirituality", and what can we say about authenticity with these powerful teachers. Perhaps most importantly we will discuss these plants as teachers who open to us "the dark and luminous realm of the spirits."

In his new book, Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Stephan seeks "to understand one form of shamanism, its relationship to other shamanisms, and its survival in the new global economy, through anthropology, ethnobotany, cognitive psychology, legal history, and his own experiences with two master healers of the Amazon." For more information go to www.singingtotheplants.com

This week's guest:
Stephan Beyer

Professor and author, Stephan Beyer, brings us a beautiful guide to mestizo shamanism in the Upper Amazon and the use of the sacred, plant medicine ayahuasca in his new book Singing to the Plants. Stephan holds doctorates in both religious studies and psychology, was a lawyer and a litigator as well as a wilderness guide, peacemaker, community builder. He has worked with ayahuasca and other sacred plants in the Amazon, peyote in ceremonies of the Native American Church, and huachuma in Peruvian mesa rituals; undertaken numerous four-day and four-night solo vision fasts in Death Valley, the Pecos Wilderness, and the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico; and lived in a Tibetan monastery. From these experiences have come books on Buddhism, Tibetan language and religion, and now, mestizo shamanism.

Stephan has long had an interest in wilderness survival in a variety of terrains, especially jungle survival. He explains that "as I learned more and more about the ways in which indigenous people survive - indeed, flourish - in the wilderness, it became increasingly clear to me that wilderness survival included a significant spiritual component - the maintenance of right relationships both with human persons and with the other-than-human persons who fill the indigenous world. Thus I began to explore wilderness spirituality, to learn ways to live in harmony with the natural world, striving, like indigenous people, to be in right relationship with the plant and animal spirits of the wilderness." In addition to studying how indigenous peoples of North and South America survive and thrive, Stephen studies sacred plant medicine with traditional herbalists in North America and curanderos in the Upper Amazon, where Stephan has received coronaciĆ³n by banco ayahuasquero don Roberto Acho Jurama.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM Pacific

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Awakenings with Michele Meiche

Stephane Wuttunee 7/21/2010 3:00 PM Insights imparted by his travels and research as well as Indigenous elders from around the world became the basis for Dreaming the Pyramid. The premise behind Dreaming the Pyramid is that we as well as our Extraterrestrial brethren and God co-created the Universe and left proof of our divine nature and purpose within the design of Egypt's Great Pyramid. According to Wuttunee, the Pyramid represents humans as immortal, divine, omniscient, and androgenous beings. Here is an excerpt from Dreaming the Pyramid, a site dedicated to Wuttunee’s assertions and created by Stephane: On Crystals…. “Two thirds of our total body mass is water (and to a far lesser degree, minerals). These elements are, in turn, subject to the geological processes of crystallization. Simply being alive prevents these elements from cooling down, solidifying, and forming crystal lattices at cold temperatures. We are therefore, liquid crystal beings.” - Stephane Wuttunee - From Dreaming the Pyramid – http://www.dreamingthepyramid.net

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Just Energy Radio

When Prayers Aren't Answered & Everything You Need, You Already Have

First Hour

John E. Welshons
When Prayers Aren't Answered
John E. Welshons (“Ramananda”) is a highly respected contemporary spiritual teacher who leads workshops and meditation retreats across North America. He is a gifted counselor and inspiring lecturer who for nearly forty years has been helping people heal through the difficult – often unexpected - changes that life offers. He has worked extensively with Ram Dass and Stephen Levine, and trained with Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. He holds a B.A. in Comparative Religions from the University of South Florida, and an M.A. in History of Religions from Florida State University.

Second Hour

Jay D. Allen
Everything You Need, You Already Have
Jay's path to self-discovery accelerated when at the age of eighteen he collapsed and was taken to hospital where he remained unconscious for three days. At the time, he was pursuing a career as a hockey goaltender. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent emergency brain surgery. He was not expected to wake up. If he did, they expected he would suffer from permanent brain damage. He survived, without brain damage and with a life expectancy
of only fifteen months. 15 years later, doctors still cannot explain why he is still alive.

Friday 7/23/2010 3:00PM EST/2:00PM CST
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